@bicycle-fat-bloke.bsky.social#Iran has escalation superiority in #IranWar. #Trump / #USA has Nuke. As we've seen #Houthi can mess up #SaudiArabia & if Iran wants to they can destroy all desalination & oil infrastructure in Gulf. There's not enough Russian Diesel to get Trump\USA out of the hole.
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@andybirss.bsky.socialOdd that Chris Mason isn't all over this ridiculous error by Ms Badenoch and the Conservative Party www.theguardian.com/politics/202... I thought Mr Mason was very good at counting things-The important number of football shirts I believe when it came to Nigel Farage. #PoliticsLive #wato #bbcpm
@dcwhite.bsky.socialProud to have climbed it; what a fantastic experience. My absolute favourite place in the world where art, science & natural topography all merge to give a unique vista; full of harmony & hope. #politicslive #greatplaces
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@zero-4.bsky.socialTory peer Lord Bethell’s support for Badenoch’s proposed IHT abolition on first homes inadvertently proving that the feeling around IHT does not represent the reality of it
The vast majority of the country will not pay IHT
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@beardybill1.bsky.socialIt is deliberately shaming, and they revel in it. I still remember free school meals in the 80s, where we were segregated onto seperate tables. Bastards. #politicslive
@suzannebrown.bsky.socialOf course people aspire to own their own homes. They've experienced dreadful private landlords - especially if they've been to university.
#politicslive
@beardybill1.bsky.socialStop peddling the lie that inheritance tax is double taxation. Majority of asset is property value, and increases in property value are NOT TAXED #politicslive
@thelastgirlyswots.bsky.social.
Where is George Galloway? Is he still in Shanghai, China? 🤔
He's standing in today's #Holborn and St Pancras by-election - but hasn't been seen here or in the UK during the entire campaign...
Don't vote for the putin and sadam apologist today!
@christophert42.bsky.socialTotally agree with Jon Ashworth on this #politicslive
@imincorrigible.bsky.socialThey would also scrap the "mansion tax", the extra charge on homes worth over £2m.
So owners of £2m homes keep their money while people with mental health problems or disabilities lose theirs.
@imincorrigible.bsky.socialOverseas aid: it's already £7bn of their claimed cuts.
Last week came another £2.5bn, leaving just £1bn a year in the pot.
That is not trimming. It is abolishing UK aid in all but name.
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@imincorrigible.bsky.socialCutting welfare does not end need.
IFS research found that after other benefits were cut, more people claimed disability benefits, shrinking the savings.
The Health Foundation says cuts may worsen the nation's health, especially for the poorest.
@imincorrigible.bsky.socialThe Resolution Foundation estimated Labour's (proposed) £5bn disability benefit squeeze would cost 800,000 to 1.2 million people £4,200 to £6,300 a year.
The Tories want £23bn from welfare. Over four times more.
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www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
@imincorrigible.bsky.social£23bn comes from welfare.
Their pitch: cut payments to people with "low level mental health problems" and to settled migrants who are not citizens.
Cuts to the incomes of people who are ill or insecure.
@imincorrigible.bsky.socialThe Tories call them "savings". They are cuts.
On BBC Radio 4's PM yesterday, Julia Lopez put the planned total at £71bn.
Every £ is lost income, a lost service or a lost job. Let's look at who pays, who gets the tax cuts, and why it is fantasy economics. 🧵
@brevitybelle.bsky.social#politicslive does the Back to Work benefits card breach the right to privacy- eg can’t buy essentials without disclosing to shop staff that you’re out of work? Just a thought.
I find it a deliberately shaming scheme
@christophert42.bsky.socialThey could try "Bonk for Britain" #politicslive
@garymills.bsky.social#politicslive Bethall got a nerve talking about not spending tax payers money frivolously - how much was wasted on PPE